Stoke City fans turned up at the bet365 Stadium full of confidence this afternoon. Relegation rivals Brighton and Hove Albion are the opponents, and a home win was expect. Sadly, nobody showed Brighton the script.

Stoke are a goal down at the break and, in truth, could already be out of this game. And if Potters fans were angry to see Darren Fletcher return to the Potters' midfield in place of Geoff Cameron, then they were incandescent when Izquierdo opened the scoring for the visitors.

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So what can Stoke boss Paul Lambert do to fire up his side after the break? Everybody called on the fans to get behind their team... and they have turned up. Sadly, the same cannot be said of the players so far.